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$ als gewone gebruiker# als root (of met sudo)
Check that you are ready
Knowing the commands is not enough — you must be fast and exact without help from the internet.
- Do every lab in this summary without looking at the solution, on fresh VMs.
- Do the two practice exams (chapter 27) in the time limit. Score yourself honestly.
- Practice the hard topics until they are routine: LVM, SELinux, autofs, root password reset, fstab, users and sudo.
- Learn to use
man,--help,/usr/share/docandman -kfast: they are the only help in the exam.
Onthoud
The official objectives list (on the Red Hat exam page) is the real study plan. Check it again before you book — it can change between RHEL versions.
Register for the exam
You book through Red Hat (or a partner): in a test center, or as a remote exam from home with a booted USB live system and a webcam.
- Check the current price, duration and rules on the Red Hat EX200 page.
- For a remote exam: test your hardware with Red Hat's compatibility tool well before the day (camera, microphone, USB boot, network).
- Book a time of day when you are fresh.
Know what happens on exam day
Come early, with a valid photo ID. You cannot bring notes, phones or other devices.
- The proctor checks your ID and your room (remote: with the webcam).
- You get a desk with the virtual machines and the task list.
- Read the general instructions first: host names, passwords, repository URLs, which system to work on.
Work smart during the exam
A clear method saves time and points.
- Read all tasks first. Note dependencies (for example: network and repositories before software; a user before its cron job).
- Do the tasks that "unlock" others first: network, host name, repositories, root password if needed.
- Make every change persistent:
enable --now,--permanent, fstab,-Pfor booleans, files instead of runtime commands. - After each task, check it:
systemctl is-enabled,findmnt,id,curl,getenforce. - Do not get stuck: skip a task after a few minutes and come back later.
- Reboot before the end (with enough time left!) and check that everything still works — the graders check after a reboot.
Examentip
Typical mistakes that cost points: a service not enabled, a firewall change without --permanent, an fstab typo that stops the boot, forgetting restorecon or semanage fcontext, working on the wrong host, and SELinux left in permissive mode.
Op het werk
Use tools that help: Tab completion, history, Ctrl+R, man -k, and keep a second terminal open with journalctl -f while you configure a service.
Respect the exam rules
Before the exam you accept a non-disclosure agreement: you may not share the exam tasks. Study material that claims to contain "real exam questions" breaks these rules — and is usually wrong anyway. Learn the skills, not the questions.